diff --git a/mercurial/templatekw.py b/mercurial/templatekw.py
--- a/mercurial/templatekw.py
+++ b/mercurial/templatekw.py
@@ -726,6 +726,11 @@ def showpredecessors(repo, ctx, **args):
                    lambda x: {'ctx': repo[x], 'revcache': {}},
                    lambda x: scmutil.formatchangeid(repo[x]))
 
+@templatekeyword('reporoot')
+def showreporoot(repo, **args):
+    """String. The root directory of the current repository."""
+    return repo.root
+
 @templatekeyword("successorssets")
 def showsuccessorssets(repo, ctx, **args):
     """Returns a string of sets of successors for a changectx. Format used
diff --git a/tests/test-basic.t b/tests/test-basic.t
--- a/tests/test-basic.t
+++ b/tests/test-basic.t
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ Verify should succeed:
   checking files
   1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 
+Repository root:
+
+  $ hg root
+  $TESTTMP/t
+  $ hg log -l1 -T '{reporoot}\n'
+  $TESTTMP/t
+
 At the end...
 
   $ cd ..